Expression of bifunctional caffeoyl-CoA 3-O-methyltransferase in stress compensation and lignification

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-310

  Grimmig, B ^a,b   Kneusel, R E ^c   Junghanns, K T ^a   Matern, U ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c QIAGEN GMBH   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caffeoyl CoA; Feruloyl CoA; Heterologous expression; Lignin biosynthesis; O methyltransferase; Parsl ey CCoAOMT promoter; Plant stress response; Sinapoyl CoA; Tissue specific expression of CCoAOMT; Transgenic tobacco plants

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYFERULATE; CAFFEIC ACID; CAFFEOYL COENZYME A 3 O METHYLTRANSFERASE; ELICITOR; LIGNIFICATION; PLANT GENETICS; REPORTER GENE; STRESS TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XYLEM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM;

EID: 0032990948     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00256.x     Document Type: Article

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